Striga.] cm. schophularine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 299 



* Calyx 5-ribbed. 



1. S. orobanchoides, JBenth. in HooJc. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 361, 1. 19, 

 andin J?C Prodr. x. 501; glabrous or pubescent, leaves soale-like, bracts 

 lanceolate hardly as long as the calyx, corolla-tube incurved. Dalz. Sf Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 181 ; Wight Ic. t. 1414 Buchnera orobanchoides, Br. in App. 

 Salt. Abyss., ex Endl. in Flora 1832, 387, t. 2. B. hyderabadenais, Both 

 Nov. Sp. 292; Wall. Cat. 3871. Orobanche indica, Spreng. Syst. ii. 817, 

 not of Roxb. Striga orchidea, Bochst. PI. Nub. Fmcn. n. 387. 



Westeen India; Scinde, and Marwar, on Mt. Aboo, Stocks. The Deccau from 

 the Concan southwards. Suhunsudhara, JRoyle. — Dibteib. Tropical and S. Africa, 

 Arabia. 



MootstocJc tuberous ; stems 6-10 in., stout or slender, simple or branch ed, glabrous 

 or pubescent ; branches stout, erect. Leaves opposite and alternate. Spikes variable 

 in length, dense or lax-fld. Calyx-lobes acuminate. Corolla small, 2-lipped, described 

 as white, rosy, blue or red-brown ; tube exserted ; limb J in. diam. Capsule snb- 



2. S. densiflora, Benth. in HooJc. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 363, and in JDC. 

 Prodr. X. 502 ; scabrid or strigose, leaves linear, bracts lanceolate longer 

 than the calyx, corolla-tube incurved. Dalz. 'Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 181. 

 Buchnera densiflora, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 41 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 181. 

 B. asiatica, L. ?, Wall. Cat. 3873 0. 



Upper GAKaEiio Plain ; Saharumpore, Royle; Benares, Madden. Deccan 

 Penihsuia, from Guzerat southwards. 



Stem 6-18 in., simple or branched ; branches erect, stout or slender, sometimes 

 fastigiate. Leaves J— 1 by ^g-^ in., erect. Spikes usually slender, sometimes very 

 long with distant flowers ; bracts linear. Calyx \ in., lengthening in fruit, lobes 

 subulate. Corolla white, tube exserted, limb | in. diam. Capsule included in the 

 calyx. 



** Calyx lO-lS-WSiec?. 



3. S. lutea, Low. Fl. Cochin. 22 ; scabrid or villous, leaves linear, 

 calyx 10-ribbed. Benth. in Sook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 363. S. hirsuta, 

 Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 502 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 181. S. coccinea, 

 and S. phoenicea, Benth, in SooJc. I. c. 364. S. pusilla, Sochst. Plant. 

 Schimp. Buchnera asiatica, Linn. Sp. PI. in part ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 31 ; 

 Benth. Scroph. Ind. 40. B. coccinea, Benth. Seroph. Ind. 40 ; Wall. Cat. 

 3870. 'B. -pkcBjAaeBi., Benth. Scroph. Ind. 40; TFos/Z. Cai. 3874. Campuleia 

 coccinea, Blook. Fl. Exot. t. Wi.—Bheede Hort. Mai. ix. t. 66. 



Throughout Westebn India and the Dbcoan ; from Scinde and the Punjab 

 southwards (Kumaou only, in the Himaiata, ascending to 6000 ft.) Bengal. 

 Tenasseeim. — DisTEiB. Siam, Java, China, Arabia, Tropical and S. Africa, Mada- 

 gascar. 



Stem usually slender, 6-18 in., simple or fastigiately branched. Leaves J-li in. 

 Spikes elongate ; flowers usually distant; bracts usually longer than the calyx. Calyx 

 rarely la-ribbed. Corolla very variable in size, scarlet, purple, yellow or white; tube 

 twice as long as the calyx, glabrous or nearly so, inflexed at the top. The var. 

 humilis, Benth. in DC. 1. c, has rather broader leaves and a dense spike. 



4. S. eupbrasioides, Benth. in Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 364 ; and in DC. 

 Prodr. X. 503 ; scabrid or strigose, leaves linear, calyx ^ in. 15-ribbed, lobes 

 as long as the tube, corolla i-f in. long. Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 181 ; 

 Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 705. S. glabrata, Benth. in Sook. I. c. Buchnera 

 euphrasioides, Vahl Symb. iii. 81 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 32 ; Wight Ir. 

 t. 855. B. angustifolia, Don Prodr. 91. B. bifida, Ham. in Wall. Cat.-387± 

 B. asiatica, Linn. Herb, in part. 



